Mills was livid after a fall on the final straight.
George Mills was furious with France’s Hugo Hay after their 5000m Olympic qualifier Team GB’s George Mills was furious with his French rival Hugo Hay after a fall in their Olympic 5000m qualifier on Wednesday morning. On the final straight of the first heat at the Stade de France, Mills was at the centre of a collision with Hay, which also brought down three other athletes.
George Mills immediately confronted Hugo Hay after walking over the finish line George Mills did not appear to accept Hugo Hay’s words after a heated exchange ‘I think it’s pretty clear, I got stepped out on as I was about to kick in the home straight then, boom, the French lad took me down,’ Mills said after the race. Asked what he told Hay, Mills replied: ‘Probably not allowed to say.
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